TRACK: Johnson, Whalers win at South Shore Principals Meet

NORWELL — Running at the South Shore Principals Meet in Norwell, the New Bedford boys had four first-place individual finishes on its way to a first-place team finish.

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NORWELL — Running at the South Shore Principals Meet in Norwell, the New Bedford boys had four first-place individual finishes on its way to a first-place team finish.

Junior Irvin Johnson won two events, taking first in the 200 with a personal best time of 22.53 along with a first place finish in the long jump (20-0). Darius Gaylor also was a winner, taking first in the discus with a personal best throw of 139-6 while Paulo Tavares won the mile with a time of 4:29.18.

"For him to break 4:30 in the mile — where that's not his strongest event — is very impressive," New Bedford boys' coach Jeremy Tilton said. "He ran a smart race, controlled it and won it at the end."

On the girls' side, Melissa Isidor competed in her first event since tweaking her hamstring and performed well, winning the long jump (16-5) and finishing third in the triple jump (34-2) as the Whalers finished seventh. Isidor was also the top ranked runner in the 100 hurdles (15.2), but was pulled before the finals.

"She was somewhat ready today but (the injury) is something she has to deal with and she knows it," New Bedford girls' coach Isaiah Houtman said. "She said if she's going to do anything, she'd rather push it next week for the Div. 1 meet than this week."

TILTON: "This was definitely our best meet so far. We had a good finish to the dual-meet season, but this is the best and a good tuneup going into the Div. 1 meet. Hopefully we keep it rolling."

BOYS FINISHERS: Ory Todd finished second in the 400 (52.15). ... Kemar Roselus finished third in the 400 (52.42). ... Nolin Heydt was third in the long jump (19-3.5). ... The 4x400 relay team of Todd, Roselus, Chad N'Guia and Justin Banks was second (3:32.5) while the 4x100 team of Johnson, Heydt, Hunter Fluegel and and Lewis Trenche was third (44.69).

GIRLS FINISHERS: Jessica Barros placed third in the hurdles (16.49) and seventh in the high jump (4-10). ... Ellie Bucknell finished second in the javelin (113-8). ... Aubrey Williams was fifth in the javelin (108-8). ... New Bedford was fifth in the 4x400 (4:20.71) with the team of Bridget Morais, Lisa Chan, Laura Vieira and Raybryana Dasher and was seventh in the 4x100 (53.45) with Barros, Kelcie Almeida, Sara Ferreira and Bamani Nasciamento.

NOTES: Jessica Barros put up personal best performances in both her events. ... Bridget Morais ran a personal best time of 63.26 in the 400 to qualify for the state meet. ... Despite winning the 200 on Saturday, Tilton said that Irvin Johnson will "most likely" run the 400 hurdles in the states instead.

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